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In reply to the discussion: Here's the source for some of the pro-TPP bull$hit being disseminated on DU: [View all]malthaussen
(17,187 posts)There may be an old end table or something left.
Quick rant: the nation-state is an obsolete concept. Our rulers know this, have worked for it, and want to continue to benefit from it, so they want to write trade rules that will transcend the quaint and obsolete notion. In some ways, this is a good thing, since a lot of blood has been spilt over the nation-state concept. In other ways, not so much, since what is really going on (IMO) is the separation of the whole world into an oligarchy of rich folks in the club, and the vast mass of the rest of us, who can go die for all they care, as long as we do it quietly. The only purpose served by the concept of the nation-state, and the only reason the ruling oligarchs would like to perpetuate some remnant of it, is to justify wars and therefore continual spending on armaments to further enrich their swollen coffers. (As a side benefit, the armies can help keep the pitchforks away from their doors).
End of rant
-- Mal